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 | If you tell vista to do a search for shared resources it should see samba shares automatically. If not you would enter manually in the format of //server/share (//65.10.1.100/folder) |
| | Re: outlook problem Outlook doesn't need a local exchange server, you can configure it to use POP3 or IMAP. This link should give you all the information you need to configure your email client: [url]http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/CH063565691033.aspx[/url] |
 | Personally I just use the build in file sharing, but I'd look into samba for windows. |
| | Re: About modem If you're not sure, go with automatic configuration. In pretty much any situation if you're not sure what the manual configuration means you're better off not messing with it. |
| | Steps for diagnosing lack of ethernet conectivity; 1. Plug the cable into a different port on your access point (router, hub, modem, or switch) 2. Try a different cable. 3. Plug cable into a different computer 4. Reinstall Network drivers. 5. Install a different network card (if you're skill level … |
 | I'm assuming you don't receive a BSOD (blue-screen-of-death) when this happens and it just shuts down. It sounds like an insufficient power supply, I've had this problem before when my power supply wasn't able to handle my video card running at full load. Video cards and CPU's are the two … |
| | Could be a bad PSU, but I'd guess a failed motherboard, that's usually the case when a previously working (IE: properly configured) system just stops posting out of the blue. |
| | Could be a defective motherboard, do you have the system speaker or LED diagnostic panel hooked up to receive post messages? I've had this happen when I forgot to connect the 4-pin power cable for the PSU, try that. If there is a hardware issue and it's not giving you … |
 | You don't necessarily need to turn off DHCP and use it as a switch. I've daisy chained routers in certain situations (mainly temporarily while making network changes or to provide a wireless connection that's partially independent of a wired one) and the computers on the second router shoudl have internet … |
| | I don't think he's tried to delete it, just asking if it's safe to delete first. It's probably some kind of back-up file from the program you used to do the restoration, so google the file name and the name of the software you used. This should tell you what …  |
| | Links are fine if you're asking for advice/feedback on a site, assuming it's in the right catagory*somebody correct me if I'm wrong, I am still pretty new* His site is well done with clean english, his keywords are spelled right, that's all that really matters. He's handling realestate in a … |
| | I'm a little unclear on exactly what you're asking, but you shouldn't need any kind of server (unless you already have a server at the office that you could add a task to) Just use a good routers with VPN functionality at all three locations and you can connect them … |
| | BY display mode do you mean the display settings page you get by right clicking on the desktop and selecting properties and the settings tab?  |
| | Like Atlex said, localhost is just a reference to your IP. You can enter [url]HTTP://localhost[/url], [url]FTP://localhost[/url], localhost:80, Localhost:25, localhost:1337, whatever you'd like and it will go to the intended service through the described port. |
| | Re: Hardware Newb A fresh PC build is just like Legos. As long as you're careful not to zap anything and put all the screws in you'll be fine. Make sure your power supply can handle that hardware (Here's a link to my favorite PSU calculator [url]http://extreme.outervision.com/psucalculatorlite.jsp)[/url]. Good luck with your first build, …  |
| | Laptop SATAs are not smaller, laptop ATA (IDEs) are. It will work fine and windows should sort it out easily.  |
| | Just want to point out that this is a very old post, this guy is done and has probably replaced the computer by now. |
| | There are two options. You can download a copy from a torrent site, to the best of my knowledge (and what I've read of the EULA) there's nothing illegal about this if you use a valid product key that you own and leave the sticker affixed to the system. You … |
| | I'd suggest saving yourself a lot of trouble and get a cheap router, switch, or hub to put between them. It will make it a whole lot less complicated and let you share internet connectivity at the same time. |
| | Anything previous to windows vista will work fine plugged in via a USB enclosure or by IDE (doesn't always work with Vista since it has the option to encrypt the hard drive). I'd use IDE but USB works great if you don't want to open your case. |
| | Re: VLAN Man, that's quite a project. I don't mean to sound snide, but how did you get to be the admin for a company with such complicated networks if you don't know how to do this? I'd have to do a fair bit of research too, but I'm not currently running … |
| | More often than not you'll spend more on repeaters than just upgrading to Wireless N. If you're talking about moving the router that's a whole other story, but if you're just trying to get a strong signal to your PC I'd suggest Wireless N. Upgrade the router first (I just … |
| | I'm reworking my networking scheme and I wanted to make my network file shares accessible via WAN. Rather than dealing with VPN through varying network configurations when I travel I want to make all my file server FTP. Would there be any problems with this? I know that FTP transfers … |
| | ITDUPUIS is right, Nvidias site is the best place to get current drivers but it shouldn't matter. I doubt you'd meet the minimum requirements for most games since that card is half a dozen generations old. |
| | I just resolved this problem for a client, and thought I'd go back and post the info on the threads I ran across looking. It's probably an issue with anti-virus software, usually Symantic products, being corrupted. Fully remove the software using the windows installer clean-up tool and symantic software removal … |
| | It's really about what you're looking for and how comfortable you are with risk. The italian company sounds like the sweet spot for a medium term programming job. It's large enough to be stable, but not so large you'll be unimportant. Where the single programmer job is riskier but has … |
| | Re: Intel vs AMD It's true that AMD has been playing catch-up the last year or two but, you have to remember, the question of which companies chips are better is based on their top of the line chip. There's a tremendous amount of overlap, especially in the dual core chips. Intel produces the … |
| | the "print screen" button above insert on your keyboard will save the image on your screen to clip-board so you can copy it into another program and save it. |
| | If another task is active when the scan finnishes it might halt the shut-down process. |
| | I have multiple email accounts on my outlook and I need to keep the sent and deleted items folders seperate. Is there a way to do this? |
| | They wouldn't be able to adjust settings or BIOS if he can't load to the BIOS. If anything is bad it's the motherboard. Check and make sure that the 4-pin power connector to the motherboard is plugged in. This provides additional power to the CPU and the system usually wont …  |
 | It depends on what mail provider you use, not all email services allow IMAP. POP is the most common configuration for mail clients, this will download a copies of your messages without changing the originals on the server (there is a setting somewhere in outlook on whether or not to …  |
 | I would go in through the Linux CD and check the partitions. There's a chance the install process converted the partition to ext3 to import it to linux. |
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| | One of my computers is acting very sluggish and doesn't have CTRL+ALT+DEL access. It's about due for a clean install anyway but I really want to know what the problem is. My virus/malware scans aren't catching anything and nothing is standing out to me in hijackthis, but targeted adware removal …  |
| | What kind of group policy are you talking about? You can set task based policies but I need to know what you're trying to do for instructions. |
| | It depends on what software you're talking about and what you need to do with it. Can you give us specific examples of the programs you need to use? Some software can be used off of a flash drive, most can't but it's worth looking into. What reasons do you … |
| | A client of mine is having an annoying problem with outlook express. When she hits the send button the whole thing shuts down with no error message. After hours of googling I've only found one referene to the issue and no responses other than "go find a OE Forum" Any …  |
| | Could be a short in the motherboard or PSU, either from installing the new fan or whatever burned it out (probably not the latter if you were able to shut-down after it went out). Make sure you hooked up the new fan properly, and if possible try a different PSU … |
| | If you look at it in good light (or shine a flashlight on it) can you see the screen image, or is the monitor completely off (it might just be the back light that's not coming on)? First check the power settings in control panel, see if there's something in … |
| | If it's not posting, and nothing is loading I'd say it's a bad Motherboard. Only good way to test that without equipments (aside from eliminating other likely components) is to try everything on a different board. Generally any bad component will cause an error beep at post (even a CPU) … |
| | Probably not, but that's not enough information. There are three ways to add a dedicated video card PCI-E, AGP, or PCI (all desktops have it, but AGP or PCI-E is faster and a much better selection of cards) You probably have AGP, in which case you're best off going with … |
 | Re: Creating an OS Wow. You can't create an OS with no experience at all, it's just not possible. It takes a lot of effort and some very developed skills to put together a viable operating system (XP took 500 man years to code the initial release). No amount of forum advice will do … |
| | Do you mean you can't do anything, including task manager, when this happens or that the cursor freezes and task manager says nothing is going? It could be a bad hard-drive, they can be pretty vulnerable on laptops, but I need a little more info to narrow it down. |
| | This means your Hard drive is Damaged (I would have guessed from the symptoms in the first paragraph) If you have another computer you could put it in to try to transfer files, I'd try that. If you're not comfortable with that or don't have a second system go to … |
| | What happens if you start up in safe mode? Is this Windows explorer or Internet explorer? Where does the window load you too (my computer, a specific folder, a specific website) Try CTRL+ALT+DELETE, task manager, start new program, "explorer.exe" run. That should load your task-bar. |
| | Re: google home page I'm assuming you're using google.com.au? I've never looked at that regional page before, so they might have changed the layout. right under the search field are two radio boxes to click for web or australia. If your browser somehow got changed to google.com not google.com.au go to internet options and … |
 | It could be the PSU, You should have about 100W of cushion on it, but if it's failing it might shut down your system when under heavy load, since that video card uses a lot of power. The other possible culprit is your video card driver. Try installing a different … |
| | I'd say either your antivirus software deleted it, or it's still hidden and not showing for some reason. I'm not familiar with the "!" directory but that doesn't necisarrily mean it's malicious. Try navigating to that accounts D&S folder from another account, if there is an alternate virus that's keeping … |
| | It depends on what exactly you need. If you don't care about saving files/settings I'd suggest a clean install. :WARNING, THIS WILL ERASE ALL DATA, BACK UP ANYTHING YOU NEED TO KEEP OR USE A DIFFERENT GUIDE: Put the CD in, boot from it, follow the on-screen directions, when it … |
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